The tourist's guide to Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard . charming resort, which bearsthe name of a once mighty red-skin chief, hasits chief charms in fishing. Its bathing faci-lities and its shore dinners are unrivalled. Ona nice day a sail on the steamboat Lillianwhich leaves the^wharf at 9 and 2 oclock orelse the steamer Coskata if one prefers, aredelightful trips. The fare is but 20 cents eachway. The Haulover, (so called by reason offishermen drawing their boats across it,) whichis identified more or less with Wauwinet wasa narrow strip of land that is now supplantedby a channel. It was du
The tourist's guide to Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard . charming resort, which bearsthe name of a once mighty red-skin chief, hasits chief charms in fishing. Its bathing faci-lities and its shore dinners are unrivalled. Ona nice day a sail on the steamboat Lillianwhich leaves the^wharf at 9 and 2 oclock orelse the steamer Coskata if one prefers, aredelightful trips. The fare is but 20 cents eachway. The Haulover, (so called by reason offishermen drawing their boats across it,) whichis identified more or less with Wauwinet wasa narrow strip of land that is now supplantedby a channel. It was during a sudden stormin~ 1896 that it was broken through. Theopening now is very convenient for fishingpurposes. The Sconset railroad, one of the sights notto be neglected, has its station convenient forleaving and receiving passengers near thewharf. Its track, which at a glance might unihten-tionally be mistaken for a new invention topropogate tricycles, is in truth quite equal tothe task of meeting the requirements of theSconset express. NANTUCKET. 93. Nantucket & Siasconset Railroad. The machine that leads the express is onethat would be charitable to suppose was builtin the dark ages and had never seen light tillnow. It is a veritable minature sarcophagus, lotsof chimney and plenty of groans as it wearilypursues its daily route. From exterior appear-ances one would judge it to be a relic and it isa wonder that tis not chopped into souvenirsere now. On the cars the sign forbidding pas-sengers to stand on the platform is apparentlydone by the owners who are afraid of losingtheir patrons as they whiz (?) towards Scon-set.
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